Bedroll

A Bedroll is an item used in conjunction with the Camping skill to logout in almost any location. It can obtained from NPC provisioners in most towns for a modest amount of gold. In some cases, it can also be acquired by Begging.

When a campfire is created from kindling, the Camping skill is exercised. After 30(?) seconds of no combat, a message is displayed indicating the camp has been secured. At this point, any character in the area who received the message can instantly logout by using a bedroll.

This skill was marginally useful in the early days of UO when few players owned homes, carrying marked runes was of modest benefit due to rampant player-killing (and looting) by murderers prior to runebooks and perhaps the devs overestimating the amount of ground players could cover. The Camping skill allowed for players to logout almost anywhere they were without a long trek back to a town. As more players became homeowners and runebooks allowed for the safe-keeping of runes and Recall scrolls, Camping lost what little utility it had.

These days, the bedroll is sometimes used for decorative or roleplaying purposes to indicate a wilderness/archaeological expedition or military encampment setting.